‘nothing wrong in Tharoor’s action’
New Delhi: Facing flak from Congress for accepting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's invite to join Swachchhta Abhiyan, former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor got support from party general secretary Digvijay Singh, who saw “nothing wrong” in the Kerala MP's actions.
‘JD(U)-RJD pact won’t last till bihar polls’
New Delhi: Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday rubbished the possibility of the JD(U)-RJD alliance lasting till assembly elections in Bihar next year. In a similar vein, he also dismissed attempts to bring together non-Congress and non-BJP parties saying neither Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav nor the left and Trinamool Congress could remain together.
Paramilitary chiefs’ financial limit raised
New Delhi: Home Ministry on Thursday increased the limit of financial powers of Chiefs of paramilitary. “Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has enhanced the delegated financial powers to Directors General of Central Armed Police Forces under the Annual Procurement Plan as well as Modernisation Plan of the Central Armed Police Forces for speeding up of the procurement process.
Govt appoints OSDs to Venkaiah, Heptulla
New Delhi: The Government has appointed OSDs to Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Najma Heptulla. Jagmohan Sundriyal, who is working as Director in Rajya Sabha secretariat, has been appointed as OSD to Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, while Mahesh C Tiwari, who is also working as Director in the Rajya Sabha secretariat, has been appointed OSD to Najma Heptulla.
Online platform to help cleanliness
New Delhi: Seeking to convert ‘Swachchhh Bharat Mission' into a ‘Jan Andolan', the Ministry of Urban Development has enabled an online platform to enable the citizens network with each other locally and at national level to collectively take up cleanliness activities.